As Republican’s trip over themselves trying to back away from the dreaded “I” (impeachment) word, trying to blame Democrats for their own foibles. someone took a bit of time to do some research. To wit…

Marilinda Garcia (NH-02): President Obama “has Many, Many Impeachable Offenses.” “When asked if she would vote to impeach President Obama Garcia said, “I would..He has many, many impeachable offenses it seems to me in terms of his disregard for our Constitution alone.” [New Boston Republican Committee Debate, 2/06/14]

and

Gary Lambert (NH-02): Would Not Close Door on Supporting Impeaching President Obama. “You heard me how I feel about winning, so first I gotta see whether or not that would work, whether or not we could win. Then I’ll evaluate it at that time…I’m with you on this but we gotta keep our eye on the ball.” [New Boston Republican Committee Debate, 2/06/14]

and

Ryan Zinke (MT-AL) Pledged to Support Impeaching President Obama. “During the debate, held May 27, tea party activist and fellow House candidate Drew Turiano asked Zinke whether he would support efforts to impeach Obama […]’And then I do believe we can put the president on the run. He’s had six years of doing his will to this country, and I believe that’s intentional dismantling of American power both domestically and abroad,’ said Zinke. ‘So is impeachment in the cards? Let’s hope we have the votes.’ Turiano, not completely satisfied with Zinke’s response, replied, ‘Is that a yes or a no?’ ‘Yes,’ said Zinke.” [Huffington Post, 6/02/14]

and

Rep. Steve Scalise “Refused to Rule Out a Drive to Impeach President Barack Obama.” “The third ranking Republican official in the House refused to rule out a drive to impeach President Barack Obama during an interview with Fox News Sunday.” [MSNBC, 7/27/14]

and

Rep. Jeff Denham: Would Not Discount Impeachment. In August 2013, Denham said: “If our Commander in Chief that was reelected in this country decides to break the Constitution it is a challenge to hold him accountable. And he’s done it several times now.” When asked if he would support impeachment, Denham said: “Impeachment is a, is a very serious issue. I think that you have to prove that the leader of the free world has done something that is so far against American beliefs that, and this trust that he’s been sworn into that you remove him. You know I think that him trying to move beyond these phony scandals is something that opens the door for us to investigate further. IRS targeting people, targeting individuals, targeting political organizations is a huge issue that we’re going to hold him account on. But the biggest issue for me thus far in this presidency has been Benghazi […]So depending on how far these investigations go we could get into a scenario where the president has broken the law.” [North Valley Tea Party Club, 8/14/13]

and

Rep. Kerry Bentivolio: It Would be “Dream Come True” to Impeach President Obama. “Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, R-Mich., Monday said it would be a ‘dream come true’ to write a bill to impeach President Obama after constituents asked what he is doing to stop the president from ‘doing everything that he’s doing against [the] Constitution.’ ‘If I could write that bill and submit it, it would be a dream come true,’ Bentivolio said at the Birmingham Bloomfield Republican Club Meeting. ‘I feel your pain. I stood twelve feet away from [the president] and listened to him. I couldn’t stand being there, but because he is president I have to respect the office. That’s my job, as a congressman. I respect the office.’ Bentivolio, a former Santa Claus impersonator and reindeer farmer, went on to say that he has already asked various lawyers and scholars to advise him on ‘how [he] could impeach the president of the United States.’” [ABC News, 8/21/13]

and

Rep. Steve King: House will Impeach President Obama if He Acts on Immigration Reform. “Rep. Steve King (R-IA) believes the House of Representatives will immediately begin impeachment proceedings if President Barack Obama unilaterally grants work permits and amnesty to millions more illegal immigrants by the ‘end of summer’ […]’From my standpoint, if the president [enacts more executive actions], we need to bring impeachment hearings immediately before the House of Representatives,’ King said. ‘That’s my position and that’s my prediction.’” [Breitbart, 7/26/14]

and

Rep. Jason Chaffetz: Impeaching President Obama a Possibility. “Rep. Jason Chaffetz says President Barack Obama’s handling of the government’s response to the Benghazi terrorist attack could be an impeachable offense and vows to continue digging at the “lies of highest magnitude” from the White House. ‘It’s certainly a possibility,” the Utah Republican said Monday when asked about impeachment. ‘That’s not the goal but given the continued lies perpetrated by this administration, I don’t know where it’s going to go. … I’m not taking it off the table. I’m not out there touting that but I think this gets to the highest levels of our government and integrity and honesty are paramount.’” [Salt Lake Tribune, 5/13/13]

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Rep. Michele Bachmann: Option of Impeaching President Obama Should Not be Dismissed. “Bachmann stopped short of saying that Obama should be impeached, but when asked, said that option shouldn’t be dismissed. ‘As I have been home in my district, the 6th District of Minnesota, there isn’t a weekend that hasn’t gone by that someone says to me, ‘Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress? Why aren’t you impeaching the president? He’s been making unconstitutional actions since he came into office,’ Bachmann said.” [Politico, 5/16/13]

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Rep. Blake Farenthold: House has Votes to Impeach President Obama. “Rep. Blake Farenthold thinks the House of Representatives has the votes to impeach President Barack Obama in response to an inquiry about the authenticity of the president’s birth certificate, but said at a town hall meeting he doesn’t think it would be the best approach. ‘A question I get a lot, ‘If everybody is so unhappy with the president, why don’t you impeach him?’ Farenthold, a Texas Republican, said at a town hall meeting Saturday according to a video posted on YouTube. ‘I’ll give you a real frank answer about that, if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, we would probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it.’” [Politico, 8/12/13]

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Rep. Steve Stockman: “I’m Considering Filing Articles of Impeachment Against Barack Obama.” “Mr.Stockman said Mr. Obama has repeatedly broken his oath of office to uphold the Constitution, and in response, he’s seriously mulling legal action. ‘I’m considering filing Articles of Impeachment against Barack Obama,’ he wrote on his website, as reported by The Blaze.” [Washington Times, 1/30/14]

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Rep. Jack Kingston: Congress Will Start Looking at Impeaching President Obama “Very Seriously.” “Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) declined to comment this week when asked whether he supports impeaching President Barack Obama, but in a radio interview two weeks ago, he said it was a very serious possibility […] ‘Not a day goes by when people don’t talk to us about impeachment. I don’t know what rises to that level yet, but I know that there’s a mounting frustration that a lot of people are getting to and I think Congress is going to start looking at it very seriously.’” [Huffington Post, 7/16/14]

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Rep. Randy Weber: “The President Deserves to be Impeached.” “‘The president deserves to be impeached, plain and simple,’ Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) said at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation.” [The Hill, 7/15/14]

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Rep. Joe Barton: Impeaching President Obama “Debatable.” “Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), who voted to impeach President Bill Clinton in 1998, said that doing the same for Obama was ‘debatable.’ ‘I think it’s debatable. I certainly think the president has gone out of his way to not enforce some of the laws that the Congress thinks he should be enforcing,’ Barton said.” [The Hill, 7/15/14]

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Rep. Michael Burgess: Impeaching President Obama “Needs to Happen.” “Impeaching President Barack Obama ‘needs to happen,’ Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told a local tea party group, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday. Burgess spoke, the paper said, in response to an attendee’s suggestion that the GOP-controlled House use impeachment to stop Obama from ‘pushing his agenda.’ ‘It needs to happen, and I agree with you it would tie things up,’ Burgess reportedly responded. ‘No question about that.’” [Politico, 8/09/11]

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Rep. Ted Yoho: House Should Threaten to Impeach President Obama. “Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) told colleagues that the House should pass legislation with new steps to secure the border, and tell Obama if he didn’t implement it, they would impeach him. ‘He either enforces the laws on the books—as he was hired and elected to do—or he leaves Congress no option. This is not our choice, this is the President’s choice and I would advise him to uphold the law on the books,’ Yoho said in a written statement after the meeting.” [Breitbart, 7/25/14]

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Rep. Paul Broun Backed Impeaching President Obama. “Rep. Paul Broun, a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, indicated during a tea party-sponsored candidate forum this weekend that he would support the impeachment of President Obama. Candidates at the Gilmer County GOP forum, including Broun, were asked by a questioner: ‘Clinton was impeached for perjury. Obama has perjured himself on multiple occasions. Would you support impeachment if presented for a vote?’ Broun, along with two other candidates, Derrick Grayson and Eugene Yu raised their hands, according to video of the event obtained by ABC News (watch video above). Neither Rep. Phil Gingrey nor Rep. Jack Kingston attended the forum.” [ABC News, 2/03/14]

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Rep. Louie Gohmert Pushed Impeachment of President Obama. “Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday amped his recent impeachment rhetoric by claiming that President Barack Obama was ‘getting close to a high crime and misdemeanor’ […]Gohmert also repeated his recent warning that if Republicans force the U.S. to default on its debt by refusing to raise the debt ceiling then it ‘would be an impeachable offense by the president.’” [Raw Story, 10/15/13]

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Rep. Lou Barletta: House Probably has Votes to Impeach President Obama.”Rep. Lou Barletta says the House ‘probably’ has the votes to impeach President Barack Obama. ‘He’s just absolutely ignoring the Constitution, and ignoring the laws and ignoring the checks and balances,’ the Pennsylvania Republican said of Obama on the Gary Sutton radio show on Monday. ‘The problem is, what do you do? For those that say impeach him for breaking the laws or bypassing the laws — could that pass in the House? It probably could. Is the majority of the American people in favor of impeaching the president? I’m not sure.’” [Politico, 6/17/14]

Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath) was seriously injured early Tuesday in an assault at his house in Bath County, west of Charlottesville. A second person inside the home was found dead, according to Virginia State Police.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Deeds was stabbed and critically injured and that the dead person is his son, Gus, who suffered a gunshot wound. The Washington Post could not confirm that Deeds’s son was the deceased victim.

Creigh Deeds was a gubernatorial Democratic candidate in 2009.

And an update:

BREAKING NEWS update, 12:14 p.m.: Virginia State Police said Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times and seriously injured at his home early Tuesday morning. His son, 24-year-old Gus Deeds, was fatally shot. Police are not searching for any suspects. This story will update shortly.

By now, every thinking person knows that the Republican laser-like focus on JOBS! actually means ABORTION, Texas just managed to successfully filibuster its latest abortion bill (rescheduled for July, because those thousands of angry people in the capitol rotunda didn’t matter, let’s now look at Ohio and their focus on jobs, er, abortion.

Ohio House Bill 200 is another attack on women, their right to choose, and ability to control their bodies and their lives. It extends waiting periods, mandates ultrasounds, mandates that doctors, by penalty of a $1,000,000 fine and up to 11 years of imprisonment, provide inaccurate risk information - in other words, lie to women or get fined and go to prison.

Women must be shown color pictures of the “zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or fetus” at varying stages of development.

“Medical necessity” now means solely if the woman is going to die at that moment. Period. If a fetus is dead inside of the woman, the woman must be told that an abortion (commonly known as a D&C) is not needed, that a miscarriage will take place naturally. No mention of septicemia should a naturally occurring miscarriage take place. If deterioration of a woman’s health is impacted, that is not necessity enough to allow an abortion, only immediate impending death.

Does anyone remember what happened in Ireland? Do we want American women to die because they are not dying quite fast enough?

Is this what women will have to endure when abortion becomes illegal again?

Discussions concerning options do not have to take place by a physician or at a clinic, which is a shortcut of allowing anti-abortionists to provide additional propaganda to frighten a women into not having an abortion.

(1) “Medical emergency” means a condition of a pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, creates an immediate threat of serious risk to the life or physical healthso complicates the medical condition of the woman from the continuation ofthat the death of the woman would result from the failure to immediately terminate the pregnancy necessitating the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion.

(2) “Medical necessity” means a medical condition of a pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, so complicates the pregnancy that it necessitates the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion.

(3) “Conflict of interest disclaimer” means a written statement divulging the gross income from the previous year of a physician who performs or induces an abortion or of a facility where an abortion is performed or induced, the percentage of that income that was obtained as fees for the performance of an abortion, and a statement concerning the monetary loss to the physician or facility that would result from the woman’s decision to carry the woman’s pregnancy to term.

Conflict of interest disclaimer
Under the bill, a physician or physician’s agent must provide the pregnant woman with a conflict of interest disclaimer. The bill defines “conflict of interest disclaimer” as a written statement divulging the following information:

(1) The previous year’s gross income of a physician who performs or induces an abortion or of a facility where an abortion is performed or induced;

(2) The percentage of that income that was obtained as fees for the performance of an abortion;

(3) The monetary loss to the physician or facility that would result from the woman’s decision to carry the pregnancy to term.

The bill requires that the disclaimer be provided in a private room and that the pregnant woman be allowed sufficient time to ask questions and receive answers that she can understand. If the pregnant woman is unable to read materials provided to her, they must be read to her and, if necessary, explained in a way that is understandable to her.

(4) “Viable pregnancy” means a pregnancy in which a fetal sac is located inside the pregnant woman’s uterus and fetal cardiac activity is present within the fetal sac.

(B) Except when there is a medical emergency or medical necessity, an abortion shall be performed or induced only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) At least twenty-fourforty-eight hours prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion, a physician meets with the pregnant woman in person in an individual, private setting and gives her an adequate opportunity to ask questions about the abortion that will be performed or induced. At this meeting, the physician shall inform the pregnant woman, verbally or, if she is hearing impaired, by other means of communication, and in writing of all of the following:

In-person meeting
Under the bill, at least 48 hours before an abortion is performed, a physician must meet with the pregnant woman in an individual, private setting and give her an opportunity to ask questions about the procedure. Current law requires that the meeting take place at least 24 hours before the performance or inducement of an abortion. The meeting need not occur at the facility where the abortion is to be performed or induced, and the physician involved in the meeting need not be affiliated with that facility or with the physician who is scheduled to perform the abortion.

Exceptions to the waiting period and notification requirements

Under the bill, an abortion may be performed or induced without satisfying the waiting period and notification requirements only in the event of a medical emergency. The bill defines “medical emergency” as a condition of a pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, so complicates the medical condition of the woman that the death of the woman would result from the failure to immediately terminate the pregnancy.

In contrast, current law defines “medical emergency” as a condition of the pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, creates an immediate threat of serious risk to the life or physical health of the woman from the continuation of the pregnancy necessitating the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion. Current law (repealed by the bill) defines “medical necessity” as a medical condition of a pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, so complicates the pregnancy that it necessitates the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion.

The bill’s definition of “medical emergency” applies only to the Revised Code section that relates to the mandatory 48-hour waiting period and notifications. It does not extend to restrictions on post-viability abortion, which define medical emergency differently.

(a) The nature and purpose of the particular abortion procedure to be used and the medical risks associated with that procedure, including the risk of infection, hemorrhage, cervical or uterine perforation, and infertility, the risk to subsequent pregnancies, and the increased risk of breast cancer;

(b) The probable gestational age of the embryo or fetus and the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the embryo or fetus at that age;

(2) At least twenty-fourforty-eight hours prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion, one or more physicians or one or more agents of one or more physicians do each of the following in person, or by telephone, and by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by regular mail evidenced by a certificate of mailing: (including who will perform the abortion, and materials concerning alternatives to abortion)

(d) Provide the pregnant woman with a conflict of interest disclaimer;

(e) Perform an obstetric ultrasound examination that portrays the entire body of the embryo or fetus and provide the pregnant woman with all of the following:

Mandatory ultrasound
The bill requires that at least one physician or physician’s agent perform an obstetric ultrasound examination that portrays the entire body of the embryo or fetus. A physician or physician’s agent also must provide the pregnant woman with all of the following:

(i) A verbal description of all relevant features of the ultrasound, including an audible heartbeat, if present;

(ii) Upon request and at no additional charge to the pregnant woman, a physical picture of the ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus of a quality consistent with current standard medical practice;

(2) Upon request and at no additional charge, a physical picture of the ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus of a quality consistent with current standard medical practice. Current law repealed by the bill requires that, if an ultrasound is performed prior to an abortion, the physician must give the pregnant woman the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus and offer the pregnant woman a picture of the ultrasound image at no additional charge.

(iii) A written document and verbal description stating whether or not the pregnant woman has a viable pregnancy, the location of the fetal sac, and the presence or absence of cardiac activity within the fetal sac. If the pregnancy is not a viable pregnancy, the physician shall advise the pregnant woman that the pregnant woman will suffer a miscarriage with no further intervention unless the physician has evidence to the contrary.

(3) The bill defines “viable pregnancy” as a pregnancy in which a fetal sac is located inside the pregnant woman’s uterus and fetal cardiac activity is present within the fetal sac. The bill’s definition of viable pregnancy applies only to the Revised Code section that relates to the mandatory 48-hour waiting period and notifications. It does not extend to restrictions on post-viability abortion, which define viability differently.
(4) If the pregnancy is not a viable pregnancy, the physician (and not the physician’s agent) must advise the pregnant woman that she will suffer a miscarriage with no further intervention unless the physician has evidence to the contrary.

(iv) A list of all known obstetric ultrasound providers within a ten-mile radius of the physician who intends to perform or induce the abortion or, if there is no obstetric ultrasound provider within that ten-mile radius, a list of all known obstetric ultrasound providers within a fifty-mile radius of the physician who intends to perform or induce the abortion.

(5) A list of all known obstetric ultrasound providers within a ten-mile radius of the physician who intends to perform or induce the abortion or, if there is no such provider within that ten-mile radius, a list of all known obstetric ultrasound providers within a 50-mile radius of the physician who intends to perform or induce the abortion.

The bill requires that the foregoing information be provided to the pregnant woman in a private room with sufficient time for the pregnant woman to ask questions and receive answers. If the pregnant woman is unable to read materials provided to her, they must be read to her and, if necessary, explained in a way that is understandable to her.

The bill further provides that a pregnant woman is not prohibited from refusing to listen to the sounds detected by a fetal heart monitor or refusing to view the images displayed by the obstetric ultrasound examination.

(f) Describe the development of nerve endings of the embryo or fetus and the ability of the embryo or fetus to feel pain at each stage of development;

Disclosure about fetal pain
The bill requires that a physician or physician’s agent describe the development of nerve endings of the embryo or fetus and the ability of the embryo or fetus to feel pain at each stage of development. The description must be provided to the pregnant woman in a private room with sufficient time for questions and answers. If the pregnant woman is unable to read materials provided to her, they must be read to her and, if necessary, explained in a way that is understandable to her.

(g) Provide the pregnant woman with a statement that the pregnant woman is free to withhold or withdraw the pregnant woman’s consent to the abortion at any time without affecting the pregnant woman’s right to care or treatment in the future and without the loss of any state or federal benefits to which she may otherwise be entitled;

(h) Provide the pregnant woman with any other medical or other information that a reasonable person would consider material to the decision of whether or not to have an abortion.

(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a pregnant woman from refusing to listen to the sounds detected by a fetal heart monitor or from refusing to view the images displayed by the obstetric ultrasound examination.

(6) Prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion, the physician who is scheduled to perform or induce the abortion shall provide, under oath and under penalty of perjury, a signed statement that the physician has complied with the requirements of divisions (B)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section.

(C) The information provided in divisions (B)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section shall be provided in a private room, and the pregnant woman shall be provided with sufficient time to ask questions and receive answers that the pregnant woman can understand. If the pregnant woman is unable to read any written materials provided to her, the materials shall be read to her and, if necessary, shall be explained in a way that is understandable to the pregnant woman.

(2) Materials, including color photographs, that inform the pregnant woman of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or fetus at two-week gestational increments for the first sixteen weeks of pregnancy and at four-week gestational increments from the seventeenth week of pregnancy to full term, including any relevant information regarding the time at which the fetus possibly would be viable.

(E)(F) If a medical emergency or medical necessity compels the performance or inducement of an abortion, the physician who will perform or induce the abortion, prior to its performance or inducement if possible, shall inform the pregnant woman of the medical indications supporting the physician’s judgment that an immediate abortion is necessary. Any physician who performs or induces an abortion without the prior satisfaction of the conditions specified in division (B) of this section because of a medical emergency or medical necessity shall enter the reasons for the conclusion that a medical emergency or medical necessity exists in the medical record of the pregnant woman.

(H)(I) Whoever violates this section or whoever performs or induces an abortion with reason to believe that the abortion was performed or induced in violation of this section is guilty of a felony of the first degree. Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, the offender shall be fined up to one million dollars for a violation of this section or for performing or inducing an abortion with reason to believe that the abortion was performed or induced in violation of this section.

Criminal penalties for violation of waiting period and notification requirements

The bill establishes criminal penalties for failing to comply with the waiting period and notification requirements. These penalties are distinct from the penalties retained under existing law that apply to an abortion performed without informed consent (a first degree misdemeanor on a first offense and a fourth degree felony on subsequent offenses).

Under the bill, a person who performs or induces an abortion in violation of the bill’s waiting period and notification requirements is guilty of a felony of the first degree, punishable by a prison term of three to eleven years and a fine of up to $1 million (rather than the standard fine for first degree felonies of not more than $20,000).

Under continuing law, the failure of a physician to satisfy the notification conditions before performing or inducing an abortion may be the basis for a civil action for compensatory and exemplary damages as well as discipline by the State Medical Board.

(L) No physician may accept payment nor legally or otherwise require a pregnant woman to make a payment for performing or inducing an abortion prior to the expiration of the forty-eight hour period before the physician’s fulfillment of all of the requirements of divisions (B)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section.

There are too many people outside of the US Government who have access to Top Secret and above classified information. There is little allegiance to employers and our national security is at risk, evidenced by what happened with Booz Allen Hamilton. Federal employees are vetted by the US Government and not by an private firm, whose only allegiance is to making a profit, which endangers the entire country by hiring sub-par employees.

In addition, we are paying private contractors significantly more than a government employee would make. This would reduce spending as well as making our nation safer.

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Chris Beck played high school football. He bought a motorcycle, much to his mother’s dismay, at age 17. He grew up to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, serving our country for twenty years on thirteen deployments, including seven combat deployments, and ultimately earned a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. To everyone who saw him, he was a hero. A warrior. A man.

But underneath his burly beard, Chris had a secret, one that had been buried deep inside his heart since he was a little boy—one as hidden as the panty hose in the back of his drawer. He was transgender, and the woman inside needed to get out.

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Kristin’s story of boy to woman explores the tangled emotions of the transgender experience and opens up a new dialogue about being male or female: Is gender merely between your legs or is it something much bigger?

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I have been involved in the world of dogs for almost as long as I can remember. I spent the first 13 years of my life begging my parents for a dog, and then the rest of my life sharing my house, my heart, and my bed with the various dogs I have been fortunate enough to have.

To say I am a dog nut is an understatement. I am their food slave and love giver and they are my everything. I have shown dogs. I rescue dogs. I ran a breed club’s rescue for several years.

Few things sicken me more than people flocking to PETA because they love animals, because too few people know what PETA’s agenda is. It is not to protect animals. It is to ensure that you never own a Spot of Fluffy. They would rather kill an animal than have it “owned”.

When I showed dogs (about 15 years ago), there was a rabid part of PETA, people who would go to dog shows and release dogs from their crates because crating a dog was cruel. Two times, those dogs ran off and were hit by cars. That was not disturbing to the people who released them. It was better dead than owned.

I happened upon a series of articles last year concerning PETA and, for those who are so inclined, I suggest you read about this supposed do-good organization.

Nobody does the euthanasia thing quite like PETA, Ingrid Newkirk’s vaunted animal-rights organization. After long being dismissed as an outrageous slander — just another right-wing slur — this gruesome truth has finally gained traction in the mainstream press: PETA’s headquarters in Norfolk has the highest kill rate in the nation. A rescued pet has the same chances of surviving PETA’s sanctuary as it does of receiving genuine love and affection from Michael Vick.

This isn’t my opinion: It is a legally documented fact. In 2011, PETA killed 97 per cent of the animals delivered into its care.

PETA, for reasons near impossible to comprehend, decided to devote itself to precisely the treachery that inspired Newkirk’s mission in the first place. Her organization now routinely takes in animals, with the gentle lie that it intends to re-home them. It then exterminates them. Generally within twenty-four hours. All of them.

Correction: almost all. Some lucky 3 percent managed to escape PETA’s euthanasia machine last year. How these blessed few got chosen is an interesting question in itself. While we are being precise: the workers at that first shelter were not in fact treacherous — they did not lie about their intentions. They were less vicious than the organization that Newkirk founded in response to their blithe slaughter.

If you intern at PETA’s headquarters in Norfolk, you are expected to condone the killing of shelter animals. On the official application (which you can download here), the only question that requires a response longer than a couple of factual words is:

Have a look at our Web site, review our stance on euthanasia, and let me know if you agree or disagree with it and why.

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After 25 state election contests, Ron Paul remains without a single win. But the Texas congressman isn’t giving up hope of capturing the Republican nomination.

Aides say Paul is banking on his organization to help him pick up a plurality or even a majority of delegates in several state conventions, including Maine, Washington State, Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota and Iowa.

And as the campaigning continues, there are signs that Paul supporters are willing to make the nominating process messy.
They’re accused of muddying county conventions in Colorado and Iowa last weekend.

In Iowa, a half dozen counties reported disruptions during conventions. The most egregious example occurred in Polk County, where Paul supporters illegally tried to become delegates.

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On Sunday night, three Senate Republicans -- Lamar Alexander, John Barrasso and Orrin Hatch -- published a Washington Post op-ed promising that if the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare and rips subsidies out of federal exchanges, "Republicans have a ...

Morgan Whitaker exposes where wingnuts are getting their "information" on "the evil, un-American, Kenyan, Marxist Muslim" Obama. This story is about a year old, but its still relevant today. David Jackson, of Belmont, NC, does not like President Obama. He ...

The path to 5G has been notable for the lack of acrimony over radio standards, but that doesn't mean there's no rivalry at all. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. are pitching rival radio access technologies for ...

Curt Schilling showed a young punk you don't mess with his daughter on twitter. Schilling's fond paternal congratulations were met with "tweets with the word rape, bloody underwear and pretty much every other vulgar and defiling word you could likely ...

In this era of raw nerves, protests and increased tensions, Americans really want leadership. It's natural for the public and the media to desperately seek out examples that appear to affirm that our nation is changing for the better. ...

By this process, you can arrive at a conclusion like this: To win the War on Women, you better put a ring on it. At CPAC, conservatives dedicated an entire panel to "The Future of Marriage." One could be ...

Earlier today interested Redditors posed questions to Poitras and Greenwald in Los Angeles, while Snowden posted from Moscow. A rare opportunity for average people to directly communicate with the (in)famous leaker.See the entire discussion HERE Redditor masondog13 asks: What's the ...

Wait a minute... watching Fox News and the Republican talking heads I learned that all Muslims are bad bad bad and in no way can Islam be interpreted as any sort of peaceful religion. news.yahoo.com OSLO (Reuters) - More than ...

For the last three years it's been my privilege to help coach a dedicated group of young women who have founded the first Women's Flat-Track Roller Derby league in Israel. They've learned, trained, fought, and worked unbelievably hard to bring ...

Added bold is all mine. this was an awkward way to go about gun control anyway. It clearly impacts the law abiding far more than felons, and is by that definition inefficient and intrusive at best. Gonna have to do ...